Non-refillable bottle.



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sis. 1mm & F. B. JACKSON.

NON-REHLLABLE BOTTLE.

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. ATTORNEK I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13 1903.

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kzK-Kf' NITED STATES I Patented December 15, 1903.

EDWIN S. IRVIN AND FRANKIE B. JACKSON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO RELIABLE-NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,842, dated. December 15, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN S. IRvIN and FRANKIE B. JACKSON, citizens of the'United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

Our invention relates to non-refillable bottles, the object of our invention being to provide a device for preventingbottles from being refilled after having been used which shall be cheap and simple in constructiomenabling it to be put upon the market at a price which will insure its adoption.

Our invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for the above ends hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is avertical section ofa neck ofabottle equipped with our improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the tube sections which hold the valveseats assembled in place. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cap-plate. Figs. 4;, 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of said sections detached from each other, Fig. 7 showing also the valve thereon. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the valve-seats and valves detached; and Fig. 9 is a section of the neck of the bottle in a horizontal position, showing the action of the valves.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents th bowl of the bottle, and 2 the neck thereof.

The lower end of said neck is formed withan annular shoulder 3, upon which rests a cork sleeve 4, within whichenters the contracted lower neck 5 of a cylindrical tube 6, within which all the tube-sections and valves are as sembled, said tube being then inserted within the neck of the bottle. 7 Within said tube are inserted short tube-sections '7 8 9 l0,the square end of the lower tube 7 resting upon the shoulder 11 at the bottom of the outer tube formed by said contracted neck 5. Upon the oblique upper end of said section 7 rests the lowermost valve-seat. There are three such valve-seats and valves identical in shape and I Application filed March 13, 1903. Serial Nol47,565. (No model.)

sleeve have also been inserted in theneck of the bottle, there is next inserted therein a capplate 15, which is star-shaped in form, as shown in Fig. 3, having four wings 16 and corresponding openings therebetween, through which the liquid can escape in pouring out. 7 The neck of the bottle is formed with an annular groove 17, which is at a level just above the top of the tube 6 when the latter has been inserted in place, so that when the cap -plate is pushed down upon the uppermost tube-section it comes to a level with said groove. Into said cap-plate are drilled holes 18-, and in said holes are placed bolts 19, pressed outward by springs 20. When inserting the cap-plate in the neck of the bottle, said bolts are pressed inward until theplate comes opposite to the groove 17, when they automatically spring outward by the'pressure ofsaidsprings 20 and lock the cap-plate in the bottle-neck opposite to said groove. Said cap-plate also prevents the tube-sectionsrand valve-seats from turning with reference to each Other and this is of 'im portance, because said valves are arranged around the neck-of the bottle or cross-sectioually at angles of one hundred and twenty degrees from each other. The consequence is that however the bottle be turned about its axis when in a horizontal position there will always be at least one of said valves whose hinge is above the center of gravity of the valve, so that the valve will drop into position to close the neck of the bottle. On account of the elliptical shape of the valveseats said seats cannot turn when properly clamped between the tubesections, and thus said valves always retain the same relative position.

While we have herein shown a single capplate, we do not limit ourselves to such a construction, but may use several such devices, it necessary, or may vary the character thereof, the cap-plate itself forming no part of our invention, which resides in the construction and relative arrangement of the Valves.

We claim 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of the bottle, of a tube inserted within said neck, inner tube-sections, the terminal sections having outer squared ends and inner oblique ends, median sections having oblique ends, elliptical valve-seats between the adjacent ends of sections, valves hinged thereon, cross-sectionally at wide angles from each other and means for securing said sections and outer tube against longitudinal removal from the neck of the bottle, substantially as described.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of tube-sections, the terminal sections having squared outer ends and oblique inner ends, the median sections having oblique ends in planes at an angle with each other, elliptical valve-seats between the ends, valves hinged to said seats cross-sectionally at wide angles from each other, and means for securing said sections in line in the neck of the bottle with the seats therebetweeu against longitudinal displacement, substantially as described.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of tube-sections having oblique abutting ends, valve-seats at said ends and valves hinged to move to and from said seats, the hinges of said valves being wholly within the inner cylindrical surface of the tube-sections, and means for securing said sections together in line in the neck of the bottle against longitudinal displacement therefrom, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN S. IRVIN. FRANKIE B. JACKSON. Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BESSIE GORFINKEL. 

